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Adventitious

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

adventitius, from advenio,; what comes incidentally; as adventitia bona, goods that fall to a man otherwise than by inheritance; or adventitia dos, a dowry or portion given by some other friend beside the parent.